senate Bill S2723

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020 committed to rules
Mar 29, 2020 advanced to third reading
Mar 18, 2020 2nd report cal.
Mar 11, 2020 1st report cal.608
Jan 08, 2020 referred to domestic animal welfare
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 04, 2019 referred to agriculture
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 05, 2019 advanced to third reading
Mar 04, 2019 2nd report cal.
Feb 28, 2019 1st report cal.197
Jan 29, 2019 referred to domestic animal welfare

Votes

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Mar 11, 2020 - Domestic Animal Welfare committee Vote

S2723
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote: Mar 11, 2020

Feb 28, 2019 - Domestic Animal Welfare committee Vote

S2723
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Domestic Animal Welfare Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2019

Co-Sponsors

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S2723 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A757
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353-a, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4265, A6252
2017-2018: S4163, A3844
2021-2022: S960, A2152
2023-2024: S761, A776

S2723 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals.

S2723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2723
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, FUNKE, HOYLMAN, MARTINEZ, SERINO,
   SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to aggra-
   vated cruelty to animals

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353-a of the agriculture and
 markets law, as added by chapter 118 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  A  person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no
 justifiable purpose, he or  she  intentionally  kills  or  intentionally
 causes  [serious]  physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated
 cruelty.  For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall  mean
 conduct  which:  (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii)
 is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02461-01-9


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